Travel Tips

The Aspire Lounge is truly an oasis in the heart of Heathrow Terminal Five. It is open to Priority Pass and Lounge Club members,  and anyone else willing to pay the fee. In my opinion, this new Heathrow T5 lounge is a welcome, and long overdue, addition to the terminal. The …

Who doesn’t love to save money on their travels? How about free hotel nights, credit towards private homes and apartments, free taxi rides and extra airmiles or hotel points? If this sounds of interest, then you are in the right place! Today I’m pulling together a range of money saving …

I prefer to use my AVIOS to book long haul trips in business class which cost less than economy class flights. However, I do occasionally use them to book short-haul travel hack weekend escapes with fixed taxes. Some would argue this isn’t worthwhile for Brits playing the travel hacking game, but my …

I’m so excited. I’ve just saved over £4,500 on Abu Dhabi First Class flights!!!! Yes, I’m upgrading from business, wiping out my airmiles balance, and heading to Abu Dhabi in First Class in August. After a few days there, we will fly on to Doha with Qatar Airways, also in …

AVIOS half year update 2017 Well it’s time to share the results of my hard work travel hacking. I have been adopting a slightly more diversified strategy this year as I have so many airmiles, I cannot accumulate the companion vouchers quickly enough to use them. Why pay double when I can …